This guide will help you get started with FlowBoards.
Follow the steps to set up your account, create your first board, and start organising your work with ease.
Welcome to FlowBoards
Log In
After you added FlowBoards to your subscriptions, use FlowBoards button at the navigation bar:
To log in to FlowBoards, click "Log in to Kanban+" on the login screen. This will use your existing kanban.plus account - no need to create a separate FlowBoards account or enter credentials.
Get Started
The top-left menu is where you manage your boards and organisation settings.
Click the hamburger icon (☰).
From the menu, select Edit boards and then New board.
A dialog will appear asking for:
- Organisation — select the organisation this board belongs to
- Board name — give your board a clear, recognisable name
Click Create and your new board will open
immediately, ready for adding columns and tickets.
Board Settings
Board settings let you personalise how your board looks and is identified.
To open them, click the Board settings icon on the left panel.
- Name — rename your board at any time. The name appears in the top toolbar and in your organisation's board list.
- Background color — choose a custom background colour for your canvas. Click the colour swatch to open the colour picker, enter a hex value directly, or drag the sliders to find the right shade. Click Apply to confirm, or Cancel to discard.
- Board width, Board height — You can set any width and height of the board in pixels.
Creating your first board layout
Once your board is created, you can start building its structure. Here's the process stepby step:
1. Add a container
To add a container, click Add the Rectangle icon on the left panel, and place rectangle on the canvas. This becomes the main board frame that holds all your columns.
Resizing a container
When an ob ject is selected, resize handles appear around it. Hold Ctrl to maintain the aspect ratio while resizing.
Rectangle settings
Use the right settings panel to change its properties.
2. Add columns
Click Add bin icon on the left panel. You can create a new bin or select existing bins (one or several at once) using Select from board menu.
Use the namespace convention for naming: the tex t before the dot is the group name (e.g., Demo Board.todo, Demo Board.doing, Demo Board.done). This matters because same-named bins always show the same tickets, and when duplicating a board via Copy and Paste Special (C trl Shift V), you change the group name to create a fresh board without e xisting tickets.
Resizing a bin
When a bin is selected, resize handles appear around it. Hold Ctrl to maintain the aspect ratio while resizing.
Bin settings
Once the bin is placed you can also ad just its settings on the right panel.
When a bin is selected, resize handles appear around it. Hold Ctrl to maintain the aspect ratio while resizing.
Bin settings
Once the bin is placed you can also ad just its settings on the right panel.
above the bin (Add Text icon on the left tool panel).
Quick tip:
you can switch off showing column’s title and put its name by adding text block above the bin (Add Text icon on the left tool panel).
Align the columns
Select the objects you need to align and click Align and distribute selection icon on the right tool panel.
3. Publish your board
To start using a board you need to publish the changes. Click the hamburger icon (☰) and from the menu, select Publish board changes and then Publish in the confirmation dialog.
Start using your board
Once your board is published you can now add tickets on it.
Click + icon at the left bottom corner for the ticket type selecting.
Fill in the board with the tickets.
Congratulations!
Your board is ready to use!
Assign people to a task
Assign people to a task by dragging and dropping their avatars from the right panel.
You can assign more than one person.
Adjusting your board
To edit your board, click the hamburger icon (☰) in the top-left corner to open the board menu. Then choose Edit boards — enter edit mode to modify the board's layout, columns, and design.
Enable/disable ticket creation for column
Each column can be configured to accept specific ticket types, or restricted to none at all.
On the Bin settings panel, use the Can add tickets of type list to control which ticket types can be created in that column. Select specific types or choose All to allow every type. To disable ticket creation for a column entirely, un check all options.
This is particularly useful when you want new tickets to be created in the first column only — simply enable ticket types there and disable them in the other columns.
Ticket view in a column
In the Bin settings, use the Layout dropdown to control how tickets are displayed within the column.
There are two options :
- Linear — tickets are stacked in a straight vertical list, one after another. Best for simple task tracking and easy scanning.
- Spatial — tickets are arranged freely on a canvas, giving you more flexibility to group and position them visually.
Publish changes
Every time you edit the board you should publish the changes otherwise they won’t be applied. Follow the same process as described before.
If you have any questions or need assistance getting started
We're happy to help!
